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Absolution in The Haunted Mansion

Paige, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, better known as the professional wrestling stable Absolution in the WWE approach Gracey Mansion, which resembles the Joel Rathbone mansion, a Gothic Revival Pointed-style villa designed by Alexander Jackson (A.J.) Davis, in the upper Hudson River Valley area of Albany, New York.

Paige: (excited) "Alright, girls, this is it! The Haunted Mansion!"

Mandy: (giggling nervously) "Oh my gosh, Paige, it's so… gothic!"

Sonya: "Yeah, it's like we just stepped into the set of a vampire movie."

Mandy: "But in a, you know, Disney-fied way."

Paige: (smirks) "Well, I hope the ghosts inside are as friendly as the ones in the Hundred Acre Wood."

Mandy: "Let's not get our hopes up, Paige. This isn't Winnie the Pooh's place."

Sonya: (rolls eyes) "Come on, you two. It's just a ride. Nothing to be scared of."

Mandy: "Easy for you to say, Sonya. You don't get spooked by anything."

Paige: "Except for maybe a vegan donut shortage?"

Sonya: (laughs) "Very funny, Paige. But seriously, we're the baddest ladies in the wrestling world. A few ghosts aren't gonna ruffle our feathers."

Mandy: "Fine, but if I see a single cobweb, I'm holding onto you both."

Entering the queuing area through a pair of ornate gates, Paige, Mandy and Sonya find themselves in the mansion's nearly-neglected gardens and grounds. The queuing path leads guests past a knocked over birdbath, a black carriage hearse led by an invisible horse, and finally leads into the awning.

Mandy: "Look, Paige, there's the hearse! It's like we're at a royal funeral!"

Paige: "More like we're the entertainment for the afterlife."

Sonya: (smirks) "Well, if we're the main event, let's not keep the spirits waiting."

Mandy: "Why don't you say something to make it less creepy?"

Paige: "I got it. Remember, we're the unstoppable Absolution! Nothing here can scare us."

Mandy: "But what if it's a ghost that doesn't know who we are?"

Sonya: "Then we'll just have to introduce ourselves with an RKO Outta Nowhere!"

Mandy: (gulps) "Okay, okay. Let's stick together, though."

Paige, Mandy and Sonya are greeted at a gate with several busts of a family that once lived in the mansion that killed each other over inheriting a large fortune.

Paige: "Well, if the decorations are this good outside, I can't wait to see the inside."

Mandy: "I bet the family drama is just as intense as ours backstage."

Sonya: "Let's just hope the only thing we're fighting tonight is our own imaginations."

Mandy: "Or maybe a ghost that wants an autograph?"

Embossed musical instruments on a crypt that once touched a haunted tune mysteriously plays.

Paige: (stops to listen) "What's that music?"

Mandy: (nervously) "I think it's… it's coming from the crypt!"

Sonya: (curious) "Let's check it out."

As they approached the crypt, the music grew louder, the eerie melody seemingly coming to life.

Mandy: "Guys, maybe we should keep moving.

Water and bubbles emerge from a crypt belonging to a Captain Culpepper Clyne.

Mandy: "Oh no, what's happening?"

Paige: (teasing) "It's just a little bubble, baby."

Sonya: "It's part of the show, Mandy. Relax."

Mandy: "But what if it's not?"

Words inexplicably appear upon on a tomb belonging to a poetess named Prudence Pock.

Mandy: "Look, guys! Words are appearing on that tomb!"

Paige: (reads aloud) "Prudence Pock, poetess, plague victim. She lived, she wrote, she croaked."

Sonya: "Well, that's cheerful."

Mandy: (whispers) "I don't think this place is just a ride anymore."

Paige: "It's all part of the experience, Mandy. Nothing to worry about."

Mandy: "But what if the ghosts are… real?"

Sonya: "Then they'd be the ones getting spooked when they see us.

Then they reach the servant's entrance where our heroes enter the mansion.

Mandy: (gasp) "Guys, did you hear that?"

Paige: (unfazed) "It's just the door, Mandy. It's an old place. It's supposed to creak."

Sonya: "Yeah, it's all part of the ambiance."

Paige, Mandy and Sonya enter the elegant-but-spartan foyer as a distant pipe organ plays a dirge-like version of Grim Grinning Ghosts. Following this hallway, we enter a foyer, which features a fireplace to the left side. There is a picture hanging above the fireplace, which shows a handsome, young man (quite possibly the owner of the mansion).

Mandy: (whispers) "Look at that painting. The guy's eyes are following us!"

Sonya: "It's just a trick of the light, Mandy. Don't let it get to you."

Paige: "It's all in good fun, right, Mandy?"

Mandy: (swallows nervously) "Right. Just… fun."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "When hinges creak in doorless chambers. When strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candlelights flicker when the air is deathly still… That is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight."

Mandy: (whipping around) "Who said that?"

While this is being said, the picture above the fireplace starts transforming Dorian Gray-style from that of a handsome young man, to that of a rotting corpse.

Mandy: (squeaks) "Guys, did you see that?"

Paige: "I think it's time we find out who's behind this little ghostly welcome party."

Sonya: (smirks) "It's all fun and games until someone gets slammed through a table."

Mandy: (swallows nervously) "But we don't have a table, Sonya."

Once the picture's transformation is complete, one of the walls opens up next to the picture, revealing an octagonal room.

Paige: "Well, well, well. What do we have here?"

Mandy: (nervously) "I think it's our invitation to the party."

Sonya: "More like a VIP backstage pass to the netherworld."

Paige, Mandy and Sonya enter this octagonal room from the Foyer. Four paintings (A bearded gentleman holding a document, A pretty young lady holding a parasol, An old woman holding a rose and A man in a bowler hat) flanked by candle-wielding gargoyles, hang from the walls in this chamber.

Paige: (examining the paintings) "These are definitely the kind of people you'd invite to a fancy tea party… if they weren't dead."

Mandy: (nervously) "Why are they staring at us like that?"

Sonya: (chuckles) "They're just watching the main event, Mandy. Relax."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host, your Ghost Host. Our tour begins here in this gallery. Here, where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared in their corruptible, mortal state. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now."

The doors Paige, Mandy and Sonya entered slam shut, The room begins to stretch upwards, the paintings on the walls elongating with it to reveal a comically gruesome end for each subject:

The bearded gentleman holding a document is revealed to be wearing only his undergarments from the waist down and standing atop a lit keg of dynamite.

The pretty young lady holding a parasol is revealed to be balancing on a fraying tightrope above the gaping jaws of an alligator.

The old woman holding a rose is revealed to be sitting atop a tall gravestone, at the bottom of which is a stone bust of her husband George with a hatchet embedded in his head.

The man in a bowler hat is revealed to be sitting on the shoulders of another man who sits on the shoulders of a third man who is waist deep in quicksand.

Mandy: (eyes wide) "Oh my God, are you guys seeing this?"

Paige: "Looks like our host had a sense of humor… before he, you know, kicked the bucket."

Sonya: "Guys, focus. We're not here to critique the artwork. We've got a ghost-filled mansion to explore."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination — hmm? And consider this dismaying observation, This chamber has no windows and no doors… which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out!"

The Ghost Host laughs as the trio is focused on the ceiling.

The Ghost Host (offscreen): Of course, there's always my way.

The lights go out and lightning flashes above. The ceiling vanishes and gives a view of the mansion's cupola, where the skeletal corpse of the Ghost Host sways from a noose tied to the rafters (a sight that makes the trio scream). After a few seconds, the room becomes pitch black and a dreadful scream is heard, followed by the sound of bones shattering. Just as suddenly as it had begun, the horror ended, and the lights flickered back on. They blinked in the sudden brightness, their eyes adjusting to find that the skeletal corpse was gone, and in its place, a wall had slid open, revealing a hidden passage.

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Oh, I didn’t mean to frighten you prematurely. The real chills come later. Now, as they say, ‘look alive,’ and we’ll continue our little tour. And let’s all stay together, please."

Paige: (swallows nervously) "Well, that was… unexpected."

Mandy: "I'm pretty sure I just swallowed my tongue."

Sonya: "Alright, enough of the jump scares. Let's show this place who's boss."

We continue onward down a long hallway, leading to a short queue that is used to board the Doom Buggies.

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "And now, a carriage approaches to carry you into the boundless realm of the supernatural. Once on board, remain safely seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside. And watch your children, please."

Paige, Mandy and Sonya all share a Doom Buggy.

Paige: (smirks) "Alright, Mandy, you can sit in the middle. Safety first, right?"

Mandy: (sliding in) "Thanks for the comforting thought, Paige."

Sonya: (hopping into the buggy) "You're gonna need it, because things are about to get real spooky."

Mandy: (wrapping her arms around Paige's waist) "Okay, I'm ready. I think."

Paige: (patting Mandy's hand) "You're with us. Nothing to worry about."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Do not pull down on the safety bar, please. I will lower it for you. And heed this warning: the spirits will materialize only if you remain quietly seated at all times."

The safety bar is lowered, locking Paige, Mandy and Sonya in their respective Doom Buggy.

The Doom Buggy enters a rather steep stairwell and pass under a landing where a floating candelabra floats in the darkness. After they pass under, they enter a hallway. To the left are two windows with white sheer drapes; lightning crashes and thunders outside. To the right are four paintings: a woman in a black sheer dress reclining on a daybed, a sloop on choppy waters, a knight on a rearing horse, and a woman in a Greek temple. With each flash of lightning, the paintings become: an anthropomorphic tiger, a ghost ship in a tropical storm, a skeleton knight on a skeleton horse, and Medusa in Greek Ruins.

Mandy: (squeezing Paige's arm) "Look at the paintings! They're changing!"

Paige: (trying to keep calm) "It's just a neat trick, Mandy. It's all part of the ride."

Sonya: "Yeah, like a wrestling match with a twist."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Oh yes, and no flash pictures, please. We spirits are frightfully sensitive to bright lights."

Leaving the hallway, we enter into a rectangular library, which is filled from floor-to-ceiling by shelves lined with hundreds of books. Phantom hands pull books from the shelves. An empty chair rocks gently back and forth, and a ladder slides to and fro as an unseen force searches for a good read. Among the shelves, marble busts glare at Paige, Mandy and Sonya as they move along in the gloom.

Mandy: (whispers) "Paige, did you see that chair move?"

Paige: (glancing over) "It's all part of the experience, Mands."

Sonya: (smirks) "Maybe they've got some spooky wrestling books in here."

Mandy: (nervously) "I doubt it, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a 'How to Summon a Ghostly Opponent' guide."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): “Our library is well stocked with priceless first editions, only ghost stories, of course, and marble busts of the greatest ghost writers the literary world has ever known."

Mandy: (whispers to Paige) "Did…did you see that? The busts are… they're looking at us!"

Paige: (glancing back) "It's just the lighting playing tricks, Mandy. Don't let them get into your head."

Sonya: (grinning) "Maybe they're checking us out, Mands. They probably think we're the real treasures here."

Mandy: (swallows hard) "I don't think they appreciate our kind of… 'fighting spirit'."

Paige: (laughs) "Well, if they do, we'll give them a match to remember."

Leaving the library, we enter the Music Room. In the room, our heroes find an invisible ghost playing a Rachmaninoff-style arrangement of Grim Grinning Ghosts on the piano. The ghost's shadow can be seen cast upon the floor, while a storm brews outside.

Mandy: (awestruck) "Guys, look at the piano! Someone's playing it, but… there's no one there!"

Paige: (chuckles) "It's just the ghostly maestro, Mandy. Enjoying the concert?"

Sonya: "Sounds like it's time for us to drop a beat of our own. You know, to spice things up."

Mandy: (swallows nervously) "I think we should just enjoy the music and not interrupt."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "They have all retired here, to the Haunted Mansion. Actually, we have 999 happy haunts here. But there’s room for 1,000. Any volunteers?"

Next, we enter the main stairwell of the Mansion. Here in this M.C. Escher-like void the stairs go right-side up, upside-down, sideways, slantways, longways, back ways, front ways, square ways, and any other ways that you can think of. It is on these steps we see the ectoplasmic footprints of the Mansion's ghostly residents.

Mandy: (eyes widening) "Are… are those ghost footprints?"

Sonya: (laughing) "Looks like someone's been practicing their moonwalks."

Paige: "Or maybe it's their version of a royal rumble."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Well, if you should decide to join us, final arrangements may be made at the end of the tour. A charming ‘ghostess’ will be on hand to take your application."

In the blackness, glowing, blinking eyes transform into the pattern on the wallpaper.

Mandy: (gulps) "Those… those are eyes… aren't they?"

Paige: (tries to keep it light) "Maybe it's the ghost version of Where's Waldo?"

Sonya: "Let's not get lost in the wallpaper. We've got a whole mansion to conquer."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "We find it delightfully unlivable here in this ghostly retreat. Every room has wall-to-wall creeps, and hot and cold running chills."

They pass a second floor passageway that seems to go on forever, lined with doors. A lone candelabra floats in midair halfway down it. Flanking the hallway entrance are a subtly-moving Suit of Armour and an armchair designed to have a "face."

Mandy: (squeezing Paige's arm tighter) "What's with that candelabra, floating like it's got nothing to hold onto?"

Paige: (smiling reassuringly) "It's probably just looking for the ghostly bathroom. You know, to light its way."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): “Shhh, listen!”

A keening sounding like a banshee is heard.

Mandy: (whispers urgently) "Guys, guys, did you hear that? What was it?"

Paige: "It's probably just the mansion's version of a smoke break."

Sonya: "You mean the ghosts are taking a ghostly breath of fresh air?"

Mandy: (swallows hard) "I… I don't know. But it's freaking me out."

We ride past an alcove-like conservatory, the space choked with decaying and overgrown plants and vegetation. Outside the huge glass walls is a misty landscape, with only the gnarled limbs of leafless trees visible in the gloom. A raven perches on top of a stand with a withered funeral wreath, and in the center of the chamber is a coffin whose occupant is trying to get out - skeletal hands attempt to push the lid open saying "Let me out! Let me outta here!", which based on the nails sticking through the wood was meant to stay sealed.

Mandy: (whispers) "Oh my God, Paige, did you see that?"

Sonya: "The raven? Yeah, it's definitely not a friendly 'nevermore' kind of bird."

Paige: (smiling) "And the skeleton trying to escape? Classic haunted house stuff."

Mandy: (nervously) "But it's all… so realistic!"

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "All our ghosts have been dying to meet you. This one can hardly contain himself. Unfortunately, they all seem to have trouble getting through."

Mandy: (swallows hard) "This isn't funny anymore, guys. This is actually terrifying."

Paige: (patting Mandy's knee) "Don't worry, Mands. It's all for the fun of it. Just think of it as our very own horror movie premiere."

Sonya: "Yeah, and we're the stars, obviously."

Mandy: (taking a deep breath) "Okay, okay. I can do this."

Paige, Mandy and Sonya's Doom Buggy is then carried backward down an ominous corridor, a series of doors on either side of the car. Growls, screams, maniacal laughter and pleading voices emanate from behind them, as if something is trying to get out. Doors bend, as if they are breathing, knockers clack and rattle, and the walls are adorned with some "family portraits" of corpses.

Mandy: (voice shaking) "Guys, guys! What's happening? Why are we going backwards?"

Paige: (trying to sound calm) "It's just the ride, Mandy. Don't worry."

Sonya: "Look, we're passing through the family portrait hallway."

Mandy: (eyes wide with fear) "But… but these people are… they're all dead!"

At the end of the hall lies a grandfather clock, with its arms spinning wildly backwards and the clock striking 13. A shadow of a clawed hand passes over the face of the clock.

We next enter the shadowy Séance Circle. The buggies travel in a circle facing a large table and high-backed chair in the center of the room (a raven perches on the back of the chair). Above this table floats a crystal ball containing the spirit of Madame Leota, chanting incantations that summon the spirits to appear.

Madam Leota: "Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat, call in the spirits, wherever they’re at! Rap on a table — it’s time to respond. Send us a message from somewhere beyond…

Mandy: (whispers, clutching Paige) "What's happening? This can't be part of the show!"

Paige: (swallows nervously) "It's… it's just special effects, Mandy."

Sonya: "Madame Leota's got some serious moves for a floating head in a crystal ball."

Madam Leota: Goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween, awaken the spirits with your tambourine! Creepies and crawlies, toads in a pond, let there be music from regions beyond! Wizards and witches, wherever you dwell, give us a hint, by ringing a bell!"

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "The happy haunts have received your sympathetic vibrations and are beginning to materialize. They’re assembling for a swinging wake, and they’ll be expecting me… I’ll see you all a little later."

Next, we travel along a balcony overlooking the hall. A major party is underway as a multitude of transparent spirits engage in all sorts of revelry. A long dining table covered with decayed floral arrangements and dusty silverware plays host to a birthday feast, and whenever the orange-haired birthday ghost blows out the candles on a birthday cake at the head of the table, the other ghosts seated there vanish, only to reappear when the candles light again; nearby, an old woman disappears and reappears in a rocking chair. Several haunts drift into the hall from a hearse parked in a doorway, while cloaked wraith-like phantoms fly in through the broken windows from a stormy night outside. While a number of ghosts - including the notorious Pickwick - gadabout on the chandeliers above the room, a pair of duelists emerge from their respective paintings on the far wall and take shots at each other, forever reenacting their age-old feud. The open floor whirls with waltzing couples as a ghastly organist plays Grim Grinning Ghosts on a pipe organ, where tiny spirits emerge from the pipes.

Mandy: (staring in awe) "Look at them all, Paige! There's so many!"

Paige: (whispers) "It's like we crashed the afterlife's biggest bash."

Sonya: (chuckles) "We've got to be the most unexpected guests they've ever had."

Mandy: "What if they want us to join in?"

Paige: "I don't know about you, but I didn't pack my waltzing shoes."

Leaving the Grand Hall, we ride through a dark, dusty and cluttered attic, where the sound of a beating heart and a sinister piano rendition of "The Wedding March" can be heard. Among the brick-a-brac are several pieces of wedding paraphernalia and decor, and five different marriage paintings, depicting the same bride but with a different groom in each. As Paige, Mandy and Sonya watch, the heads of each of the grooms disappear, only to reappear moments later.

Mandy: (whispers nervously) "Guys, did you see that? The groom's heads are… they're disappearing!"

Sonya: (smirks) "Looks like those poor souls couldn't handle the drama of marriage. Or maybe it's just another one of the mansion's party tricks."

Mandy: (swallows hard) "Let's just keep moving, okay?"

Paige: (smiling reassuringly) "Don't worry, Mands. It's all just part of the story."

After passing the source of the music, a broken-down piano with an invisible pianist (only a shadow of a man cast on the wall and keys), we come face-to-face with the ghost of the bride, Constance Hatchaway.

Constance Hatchaway: “In sickness and in… wealth. You may now kiss the bride. We’ll live happily ever after. Till death do us part. Here comes the bride. As long as we both shall live. For better or for… worse. I do. I did.”

She laughs while, periodically, a spectral hatchet appears in her hands.

Mandy: (swallows hard) "Guys, that's… that's a ghost bride holding a hatchet. Is she okay?"

Paige: (smiling nervously) "I think she's just waiting for the right groom. Maybe we should introduce her to Mizdow?"

Sonya: (rolls eyes) "Very funny, Paige. Let's keep the matchmaking to the living, shall we?"

Mandy: (whispers) "What if she tries to make one of us her groom?"

Paige: (laughs) "Well, she's in for a surprise if she tries to pin me for a three-count."

The trio escape from the attic through a window.

Following leaving the Attic window, the Doombuggies move down the balcony outside the house and down a flight of stairs backwards. A raven caws at guests from a tree branch. The shapes of rising spirits can be seen everywhere.

Mandy: (swallows hard) "I think we've seen enough, guys. Maybe it's time to get out of here?"

Paige: (grinning) "Come on, Mands, we're just getting to the good part."

Sonya: "Don't worry, I've got your back. Besides, we're not scared, are we?"

Mandy: (swallows hard) "Well, I'm not saying I'm scared, but… I wouldn't say I'm exactly thrilled either."

Upon reaching the ground, the graveyard Caretaker can be seen with his dog, the two of them utterly petrified by the sight before them. Music is all around, while playful spooks pop-up from behind their tombstones. To the left, a group of five phantoms play a flute, a horn, a bagpipe, a harp, and pound on a tombstone to create an unearthly vibe. A King and Queen balance on a see-saw while a Duchess swings from a tree branch while she drinks a cup of tea. In the very back a skeletal wolf is seen howling at the moon.

Mandy: (swallows hard) "Guys, I'm not sure about this… it's all just a little too… real."

Paige: "Relax, Mandy. It's all in good fun. Besides, if we can handle a Fatal 4-Way, we can handle a little ghostly wedding reception."

Sonya: "Look, if it makes you feel better, I'll protect you from any overeager grooms."

Mandy: (nervous laugh) "Thanks, Sonya. Let's just keep moving."

On the other side of the path, five Singing Busts come into view, bearing very vividly lit, expressive faces as they sing:

♪ When the crypt doors creak ♪ ♪ And the tombstones quake ♪ ♪ Spooks come out for a singing wake ♪ ♪ Happy haunts materialize ♪ ♪ And begin to vocalize ♪ ♪ Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize ♪ ♪ Now don't close your eyes ♪ ♪ And don't try to hide ♪ ♪ Or a silly spook may sit by your side ♪ ♪ Shrouded in a daft disguise ♪ ♪ They pretend to terrorize ♪ ♪ Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize ♪ ♪ As the moon climbs high o'er dead oak tree ♪ ♪ Spooks arrive for the midnight spree ♪ ♪ Creepy creeps with eerie eyes ♪ ♪ Start to shriek and harmonize ♪ ♪ Grim grinning ghosts come out socialize ♪ ♪ When you hear the knell of a requiem bell ♪ ♪ Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell ♪ ♪ Restles bones etherealize ♪ ♪ Rise as spooks of every size ♪

Other ghosts materialize, gathering around a hearse and drinking tea. A Mummy sits in his sarcophagus, trying to make contact with an elderly spirit who is just too deaf to understand him. Two "Phantoms of the Opera" blast their ghostly voices into the night. A Beheaded Knight, his Executioner, and his Prisoner all sing as a trio, while the poor ghost behind them tombs himself up. Our hero's Doom buggy enters the Mausoleum at the end of the Graveyard sequence where they are immediately "greeted" by the Raven who caws at guests while perching on the door to the Mausoleum.

Mandy: (swallows hard) "Guys, are those… are those ghosts singing?"

Paige: (clapping along) "Looks like we've got our very own impromptu concert."

Sonya: "This place is really going all out. It's like the afterlife's got talent."

Mandy: (whispers) "What if they want us to join in?"

Paige: (laughs) "Well, we've got the moves for it, but I don't think our vocal cords are quite up to the challenge."

Mandy: (laughing nervously) "I think I'll stick to my day job."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Ah, there you are! And just in time… there’s a little matter I forgot to mention. Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts!"

They pass by three hitchhiking spirits; a Traveler, a Skeleton and a Prisoner.

Mandy: (swallows hard) "What do you mean, hitchhiking ghosts?"

The Doom Buggy passes by a wall of mirrors showing that the Hitchhikers are sitting in the vehicles along with Paige, Mandy and Sonya.

Mandy: (screams) "Guys, guys! They're in our car!"

Paige: (laughing) "Looks like we picked up some extra passengers!"

Sonya: "Well, I've had stranger tag-teams."

Mandy: (swallows hard) "This is… this is too much."

The Ghost Host (offscreen): The Ghost Host (offscreen): "They have selected you to fill our quota, and they’ll haunt you until you return!"

A very small being only around the size of a doll. She wears a white satin dress with a long, non-transparent hood, often mistaken for a veil, of the same material. She has visible long blue hair and glowing pale blue skin. stands atop the ledge of the crypt holding a bouquet of dead flowers. She is Little Leota, the Ghostess.

Little Leota: “Hurry back. Hurry back. Be sure to bring your death certificate, if you decide to join us. Make final arrangements now! We've been dying… to have you…".

The Ghost Host (offscreen): "Now I will raise the safety bar, and a ghost will follow you home!"

The safety bar is risen and the trio disembarks the Doom Buggy. As we head for the exit, we hear the ghosts sing this following passage:

♪ If you would like to join our jamboree ♪ ♪ There's a simple rule that's compulsory ♪ ♪ Mortals pay a token fee ♪ ♪ Rest in peace, the haunting's free ♪ ♪ So hurry back, we would like your company ♪

Mandy: (swallows hard) "Guys, did he just say we're going to take a ghost home with us?"

Paige: (winks) "Don't worry, Mandy. I think he's just messing with us. Let's get out of here before we end up in a real-life horror story."

Sonya: (chuckles) "Relax, it's all in good fun. Besides, we've got more bells to answer to than just these ghosts."

Mandy: (breathes a sigh of relief) "Thank goodness. I don't think my heart can take much more."

As the trio exits the mansion, the ghosts continue their merrymaking in the graveyard, and the realization sets in that they've just experienced something truly unforgettable. Despite the spooks and surprises, the bond between Paige, Mandy, and Sonya has only grown stronger. They link arms and walk back towards the park, their laughter echoing through the night. The Haunted Mansion had indeed lived up to its reputation, but Absolution had faced it head-on, proving once again that they were not only unstoppable in the ring, but also in the realm of the supernatural.

#walt disney world #the haunted mansion #wwe #Paige #Mandy Rose #Sonya Deville #Saraya-Jade Bevis #Amanda Rose Saccomanno #Daria Rae Berenato #Absolution

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